Game apparatus.



A. M. LOCKETT 81 A. M. LOCKETTJR.

GAME APPARATUS. 2

APPLICATION FILED DEC.27. 1915.

Patented Oct. 31,1916.

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' APPLICATION FILED DE'C.27. I9I5.

1,208,021. Patented Oct. 31,1916.

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STATES A i ANDREW M. LOCKETT AND ANDREW M. LOCKETT, JR., OF NEW ORLEANS,LOUISIANA.

GAME APrAnATUs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. a, rare.

Application filed December 27, 1915. Serial No. 68,678.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, ANDREWM. LOGKETT andANDREW M. LOCKETT, J r., citizens of the United States, residing at NewOrleans, in

the parishof Orleans and Stziteof Louis,

" Some of the holes are shorter and some are apparatus are adapted forplaying similar.

games in which an object is moved or driven about on a field.

The principal object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive gameapparatus which may be learned easily and whichsimulates the game to beplayed.

Another object is to provide an apparatus in which the element of skillis increased as much as possible, giving the players the opportunity ofusing their judgment in the control of the club used and the strokegiven the ball, similar to that in actual play on the golf links.

Other objects and the novel features of the invention will be apparentfrom the following description taken in connection with the drawing inwhich:

Figure 1 is a plan view of one of thesections or game boards embodyingthe invention'; Fig. 2 is a plan View of an indicator embodying theinvention; Figs. 3 and 3" are enlarged views illustrating parts of theindicator, showing the ball and projectile member in place; Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional view of the indicator, on the line l[V-][V of Fig.3, showing the ball and projectile member in end elevation; Fig. 5 is aperspectiveview of tge ball and projectile member; Fig. 6 is a viewillustrating a mallet which maybe used to strike the projectile member;Figs. 7 and 8 are cross-sec;

features of this character which appear on tions of modified forms ofthe indicator" when a ball is employed, and Fig. 9 illustrates one ofthe pinsbr markers to desig-.

nate the location or lie of the ball on the game board when such amarker is employed.

Theapparat us consists of a board or series of boards constituting thegolf course. The first hole ofthe golf course .is illus trated on theboard 10 in Fig. 1, and it will a be understood that in playing a gameover a nine hole course there will be eightniore of these cards, whilein order to have a complete eighteen hole course there will be"seventeen more cards or boards. These nine or eighteen boards or cards10, may be arranged in their proper relation to each other, detachedfrom one another, or united into one larger board or card, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the present in vention. The holes arediderent as to distance and to physical features of the course.

longer, but all the cards are preferably of uniform size, the scaleofdistances being modified to suit the space. The board or boards, areruled longitudinally and transversely by the parallel lines 11 and 12,forming squares, the dimensions of which bear a certain relation to thedimensions of the golf course. The distances may or may not be indicatedby marginal figures. For convenience, the direct line betweenthe tee andthe putting green has the distances marked thereon, as shown at 10 Thetee, the fair green, the hazards and all other physical the golf course,the putting green and the hole, are represented on'the boardsby suitablesymbols, drawings or has relief miniature reproductions, the purposebeing to rep- H resent on the board on a suitable scale a map orreproduction of an actual golf course. F

It is manifest that with either a large board or with the multiple boardequipment any number of -players can engage" in the game by followingeach other, in the same manner as is done in an actual game of 'golf.

Small holes 10.? may be provided if so desired at all the intersectionsof the longi tudinal and transverse lines 11 and 12 as indicated forexample in the upper left hand corner or section of Fig.1, to receivethe nally and transversely extending lines there on dividing the topsurfaces f the stripsv into spaces in which figures are printed. Thefigures are thus arranged in columns and crossrows and are intended torepresent pins 13, one'of which is shown in Fig. 9.

Thereare asmany pins as players, and of the distances which the ball isdriven by dif- I ferent clubs selected by the players. At one end ofeach column is the name of a club used in the game, and in the presentillustration there is a column each for the driver,

brassy, mid-iron, mashy, niblick and putter,

which are the clubs used in an ordinary game of golf.

The indicator or block 14 has a channel 17 extending longitudinallythereof from end to end of the block, one end thereof being'closed bythe plate 18. The channel 17 is located midway between the sides of theblock and opens by a narrower channel 19 in the top face of the block 14between the strips 15 and 16. The channel 17 constitutes a guideway forthe projectile member or weight 20, made of any suitable material. Theprojectile member has a stem 21 rigidly secured thereto, and said stemextends through the narrow channel 19 and carries the ball 22 on theouter end thereof. The ball 22 simulates a golf ball in the presentinstance and in other games, it simulates the object which is knockedabout over the game field. The end of the narrow channel 19 is closed bya plate which covers the end of the block 1 1 and has a hole registeringwith the end of the channel 7 in order that the reduced end 20 of theprojectile member may project from the channel 17. The shoulder 20*limits the outward movement of the projectile member.

vided with a suitable handle and a rubber or wooden head 241, and isused to drive the projectile member 20 longitudinally of the channel 17.However, the ball may befiipped with the fingers or may be projected ordriven in any other way the player may desire. i

It will be seen that with this construction a player can make as many as75 or 80 different strokes with each club, and the control of thesestrokesis quite possible within limits will make the game ca able ofbringing in great skill. It is not only necessary to exercise judgmentin the choice of the mits said sphere or ball to move back and forth ina channel 17 of rectangular cross section as shown in Fig. 7, or achannel 17 of circular cross section as illustrated in Fig. 8, withoutbeing displaced from the indicator 14. In each case the surface of thesphere or ball 20- projecting beyond the The mallet 24 illustrated inFig. 6 1s proouter plane of the plate 23' is capable of receiving avariable impact and be projected along the slot different distances forpurposes as heretofore explained.

The manner of playing the game will in general be as follows: The playerwhose turn, it is to play will place the pin representing the golf ballon the tee and will then determine from the distance he wishes to make,the club he will use in making the stroke,being guided in this selectionby the distance and the physical obstacles on the green. Suppose thatthe case is one where the hole is over 400 yards from the tee. In

such a case he would select a driver. He

that the ball is projected opposite the mark ISO-20R, and indicated at Aof Fig. 3 This means the player gets 180 yards ofdistan ce toward thehole and 20 yards to the right of a direct line, and he sets the markerat the point indicated. Numerous other strokes are possible. The newlocation of the ball is'on the fair green, but may have been inqabunker, in high grass or in any other difficulty which may exist on thecourse. At his next turn, the player must choose a club which, in anactual game it would be practicable to use. Being on the fair green hewould use a brassy, but if he had, landed in a bunker he would becompelled to use either a mashy or any other club which the player feelsjustified in using. The projectile member 20 is returned to its normalposition and is struck.

again with the mallet 24, driving the ball 22 opposite a figure in themashy column, or in the column of the club selected for the stroke andthe marker will be moved accordingly. Should the projectile member 20,or

sphere 20*, come to a stop at the upper end 15 of the indicator 15 thestroke will be counted .as a,foozle. and no advance of the ball will bemade on board 10. In the use of the sphere of ball 20 should said sphereor ball project over two of the divisions, on the indicator 15, thelower division of the club selected is the stroke counted.

From the foregoing description it is believed the complete game will beunderstood. Any suitable rules may of course be adopted for playing thegame.

It is to be understood that while the invention has been shown anddescribed in de game field by differently constructed clubs, comprisinga board bearing thereon a plurality of columns of figures representingdistances which the object is knocked on the game field by differentclubs, each column being designated by the name of a particular club,and an object adapted to be projected longitudinally alongside of saidcolumns of figures to positions opposite cross rows of figures so as toindicate the distance the object has been knocked in the game by theparticular club selected.

2. An apparatus for playing a game in which an object is projected abouton a game field, comprising a board bearing thereon a column of figuresseparated by transverse lines and representing distances on the gamefield, said board having a slideway extending longitudinally of thecolumn of figures, a member simulating the object proj ected about thegame and a weight connected to said member and adapted to be projectcdalong said slideway, said weight carrying said member with it whenprojected to positions opposite figures in said column so as to indicatethe distance the object has been projected in the game.

3. A golf game apparatus comprising a member bearing a representation ofat least a part of a golf links, a board bearing a plurality of columnsof figures representing distances on the golf links, the columns offigures being designated by the names of different golf clubs, an objectrepresenting a golf ball adapted to be projected longitudinally of saidcolumns of figures to positions opposite cross rows of figures toindicate the distance the ball is driven by the club selected, and meanswhereby said object may be projected with a force depending on thejudgment of the player. v

a. A golf game apparatus comprising a member bearing a representation ofat least a part of a golf links and having intersecting lines thereon,the intersections representing possible points to which the golf ballmay be driven, a board bearing a plurality of columns of figuresrepresenting distances on the golf links and having a guidewayextendinglongitudinally of said columns of figures, the columns of figures beingdesig nated by the names of different golf clubs, an object representinga golf ball adapted to be projected longitudinally of said guideway topositions opposite cross rows of figures to indicate the distance theball is driven bythe club selected, markers adapted to be placed at saidintersections to indicate the point on the links to which thejball isdriven and means whereby said object may be projected with a forcedepending on the judgment of the player.

5. A game apparatus comprising a game board bearing a representation ofa game field, an indicator bearing a column of fig ures representingdifferent distances on said game field, said indicator having a channelin the body thereof extending longitudinally of said column of figuresand constituting aguideway, a member adapted to be projected along thesaid channel, a device simulating an object used in playing the game andrigidly secured to said member said device being disposed outside saidchannel above the indicator and adapted to be projected with said memberto positions opposite figures in said column so as to indicate thedistance the object has been projected in the game, and means wherebysaid member may be engaged and projected along said channel with avariable force depending on the judgment of the player.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

ANDREW M. LOCKETT. ANDREW M. LOCKETT, JR.

